>From the little experience I've had, the quality is variable, because of the ... Uh, variables [grin]. Camera quality, Computer horsepower, software codec, network quality. They all appear to contribute.
Ive had limited success In my attempts to get something working with my brother in the UK. I have an iSight/ADSL/Dual 1.8 G5 config. He has setup that includes AIM/$10 generic webcam/3 year old Wintel laptop. When I do get a connection it's a slightly pixelly image of him with perfect sound i.e. No delay between video and audio. Most of the time I don't get a connection however, instead getting the generic -8 error message. He gets a pixelly image of me with a 1-2 second delay in the audio. Up until this point we've assumed the issue has been at his end, either with his ageing hardware or his less than stellar broadband connection. (I tried Skype video btw (1.5.0.52) with a local person who didn't have a webcam (i.e. Just to see if he could see me) - didn't work). Recent attempts to connect with other Mac users here in WA have resulted in the same -8 error message though, so I started looking into 'closed ports' as the cause. Matt, I'd love to chat and see if my NAT/firewall is correctly configured, just so I can rule out my end and focus on solving the problem. Cheers, Tobes. On 31/7/06 5:39 PM, "Matthew Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31/07/2006, at 4:50 PM, Steven wrote: > >> Has anyone compared the quality of videocalling between Skype >> (including Mac >> Skype to Windows Skype), iChat to iChat, iChat to Windows AOL IM, >> Lightspeed >> to Lightspeed, and is there a general consensus as to which is the >> best >> solution in terms of overall video and sound quality? > > IF you have a good network setup, iChat to iChat on Tiger is by far > the best quality. The H.264 codec gives excellent results. The > problems is that Apple needs to work on it's network code. More often > than not, the connection fails with some form of cryptic error. This > usually happens on badly configured networks as I have yet to > encounter the problem on a network that I have set up. > > Skype to Skype (Mac or Windows) is on par with Pre-Tiger iChat. I be > honest I haven't tried any other combinations. > > - Matt > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
